About block 940,043
Bitcoin block 940,043 was mined by SECPOOL on March 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM UTC, 20 min 44 s after block 940,042. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,240 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0344 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1594 BTC for this block.
Block 940,043 is number 588 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,428 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 109,957 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SECPOOL found 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 35,984 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.